PROVIDENCE, R.I.  A Washington Park nightclub was temporarily closed Friday evening after a patron was shot and wounded in a fight early Friday.

Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writer donita22

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  A Washington Park nightclub was temporarily closed Friday evening after a patron was shot and wounded in a fight early Friday.

The city Board of Licenses decided at an emergency hearing to close the Sky Lounge, at 1228 Broad St., for 72 hours.

Maj. David Lapatin said the police sought the closure because of the gunfire that broke out just before 1:30 a.m. and the potential for more violence from friends of the victim and suspect.

Officers said they heard a gunshot and saw people running from a disturbance outside the club. Samuel Judd, 27, of 265 Massachusetts Ave., was being held down by several witnesses who yelled, He just shot him, according to police.

Witnesses alleged to police that Judd chased Justin Taylor, 27, and shot him. Taylor was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for a gunshot wound in his right shoulder. He was treated and released, said Maj. Thomas Verdi.

A weapon was not recovered, the police said.

Judd, who had a bench warrant for a charge of receiving stolen goods, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. He was arraigned in District Court Friday morning.

The nightclub was previously known as Dubai, which had operated as a nightclub and hookah bar until the city board of licenses took action against the business last year.

The owner, Salacruz LLC, had to pay $3,500 in fines and was subject to two cease-and-desist orders after a shooting that injured a man, a fight that spilled into the street, and the illegal operation of a hookah bar.